The Challenges of Management in Law Firms and Chambers
Nobody goes into the legal sector because they want an easy job. Anyone who does is swiftly disavowed of that notion by the long hours, heavy workload and sheer competitiveness of the industry. But due to the unique structure of
Absenteeism in the Legal Sector: Causes and Impacts
Absenteeism can be utterly devastating for productivity in the workplace. It doesn’t just affect the output of the absent employee, either. Their co-workers’ productivity is doomed to suffer as well. According to the Society for Human Resource Management, overtime is used to cover
Modernising performance reviews in law firms to improve professional development
Traditionally speaking, performance management and employee development are supposed to go hand-in-hand, with the former leading to the latter. But it is becoming increasingly apparent that the classic performance management processes such as annual reviews are failing to live up to that expectation. A
Is it time to look at the benefits of an effective performance appraisal for chambers?
A performance appraisal might not be the sort of thing that springs to mind when you think of chambers. As opposed to working in a top-down firm, chambers are clearly far less prescriptive in their day-to day running allowing barristers
The impact of parents not being able to ‘switch off’.
For the average employee, there’s often no greater feeling than turning off your work computer and saying goodbye to the avalanche of emails, Slack messages and Trello tasks at the end of the day. However, we all know too well
Does the UK Legal Sector Have an Issue with Diversity?
The Case for Diversity Top candidates are being and will continue to be, missed if women, transgender, non-binary, BAME, disabled and LGBTQ+ people are not encouraged to consider a legal career. Firms that fail to demonstrate a genuine commitment to diversity
Could a four day week ever work for law firms?
Four day work weeks, and three day weekends. These are terms spoken of in hushed whispers by office workers the world over. Meanwhile, managers fret about cutting business hours for no obvious immediate gain. During the election, Labour’s tantalising promise
The Losers’ Club? Which UK sectors need to up their employee engagement game?
We all know that for the past 5 years or so, HR directors, managers and CEOs have had the words ‘employee engagement’ rattling through their minds, scrawled on meeting notes and appearing in the subject line of countless emails. We
How to Build a Workplace Culture With Millennials at the Centre
By 2025 75% of your organisation will be millennialsYouGov.co.uk Millennials (anyone born between 1981 and 2000) are different from previous generations whether it be Generation X or Baby Boomers because they are more diverse. In the UK 17% of millennials are